Port Pirie railway station (Mary Elie Street)

Port Pirie (Mary Elie Street) railway station was located in the city of Port Pirie, South Australia.

This article is about former station in Port Pirie. For current station, see Coonamia railway station.

Port Pirie (Mary Elie Street)
LocationMary Elie Street, Port Pirie
Coordinates33.1818°S 138.0116°E / -33.1818; 138.0116
Operated bySouth Australian Railways
Line(s)Trans-Australian Railway
Adelaide-Port Pirie
Port Pirie-Cockburn
Platforms2 (1 island)
Construction
Structure typeGround
History
Opened12 November 1967
Closed2009

History

As far back as 1943, a plan existed to build a new station in Port Pirie to replace the original Ellen Street station.[1]

As part of the gauge conversion of the Port Pirie to Broken Hill line, a new station opened in 1967 to replace the existing Ellen Street and Port Pirie Junction stations.[2]

The new station was built as a terminus station requiring services to change direction before proceeding. When opened it was the meeting point for the Commonwealth Railways and South Australian Railways networks with through trains changing locomotives and crews, so the disadvantages were not as notable.[2] However, after both became part of Australian National in July 1975 and trains began to operate in and out with the same locomotives, trains began to operate via Coonamia station.

It was eventually closed and in 2009 was redeveloped as the city's library. Until 2012, a GM class locomotive and three carriages were stabled at the platform.[3]

References
  1. Council Wants No Trains in Ellen Street The Recorder 31 March 1943
  2. The Planning & Evaluation of Rail Standardisation Projects in Australia GR Webb 1976
  3. Port Pirie Marie Elie Street Display Weston Langford Railway Photography
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